different between cookware vs crockery

English

Etymology

From cook +? -ware.

Noun

cookware (usually uncountable, plural cookwares)

1. The assorted objects, such as pots, pans, baking sheets, etc., used for cooking

Hyponyms

• See also Thesaurus:cookware

Translations

Further reading

• Cookware and bakeware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

English

Etymology

From crocker (“(obsolete) potter”) +? -ery (suffix with the sense ‘a class, group, or collection of’ forming nouns). Crocker is derived from crock (“earthenware or stoneware jar or storage container”) + -er (suffix attached to nouns indicating persons whose occupations are indicated by the nouns); crock is from Middle English crok, crokke (“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach”) [and other forms], from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”) [and other forms], from Proto-Germanic *krukk?, *krukkô (“vessel”), from Proto-Indo-European *growg- (“vessel”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??k??i/, /?kr?k?i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k??k(?)?i/
• Hyphenation: crock?e?ry

Noun

crockery (usually uncountable, plural crockeries)

1. Crocks or earthenware vessels, especially domestic utensils, collectively.
2. Dishes, plates, and similar tableware collectively, usually made of some ceramic material, used for serving food on and eating from.

Hyponyms

• See Thesaurus:crockery

Derived terms

• crockeryware

Related terms

• crock
• crocker
• crock of shit (slang, vulgar)
• crock pot

Translations

References

Further reading

• tableware on Wikipedia.Wikipedia